#also koby. koby too.

[fanaticsnail]

Me still patiently waiting for Mihawk Pollen fic LOL

I know, I promise it will be here soon. I currently have a proper idea for Smoker, but the swordsman is avoiding me.

While you patiently wait for me to find the right plot, may I show you a beautiful Mihawk Pollen by @discordantwritings because:

It's SO GOOD. Like REALLY REALLY GOOD.

I think it rewired my brain chemistry a little bit because AAAAAAAAAA. I just love it.

Thank you for your gentle poke, I promise there's more fics coming from me soon! 🖤🖤

[emil1863]

The most illegal thing Koby has done is learn a divine language... Which is only a little bit more illegal than dating a God

So.

Thoughts on language/religion in regards to this au. They aren't fully fleshed out but I'll clean it up as I go.

Learning a divine language is kinda taboo, like, you can learn them, and it's certainly less frowned upon than poneglyph, but outward practice isn't really accepted. Many people who are religious or follow religious practices are well versed in divine languages, in order to feel closer to their respective Gods.

Besides, religion makes people feel at ease and the world government is pretty relaxed when it comes to punishing those for worshiping or following their Gods. With how many there are, and how deeply a lot of it is ingrained into so many cultures, it'd also be a pain in the ass to control both that and pirates.

Koby learns through the people he meets while traveling. A lot of them think it's odd but fascinating that a young, wide-eyed marine wants to learn something like that. They indulge him anyways.

He did get better at understanding the language but his pronunciation isn't great, kinda hard to make some of the sounds Luffy makes too. Especially when he isn't used to talking like that, nor are most people. Demigods have an easier time picking up on speaking the actual... Words?

Robin understands the language of the Gods, and the rest of the Straw Hats do pick up on it a little bit just through exposure to Luffy. Luffy isn't the greatest teacher, but having people who want to understand him is always exciting. He is thrilled when he meets up with Koby on Water 7 and Koby can understand him.

[sunnixsunshine]

A buncha (fankid) family portraits!!!!

Wanna give some context to Jasper: Yonji and Jasper dont have the greatest father-son relationship. Jasper has a better, closer, relationship to his aunt Reiju. Theres more to it but this is the jist of it. Ask me shit, I am soooooooo willing to ramble on and on about the kids and their relationships to their parents lol

[moxie-girl]

what training with monkey d garp does to a mf

from this

[mike-milkyway]

Kobylu with Koby being all flustered around Luffy while Luffy is completely oblivious is good and all, but; and listen; what if they're both incredibly flustered?

Luffy isn't nervous about Zoro and Sanji because he has no reason to be but he is nervous with Koby because he is confused about their relationship. He's a menace to the world government, and Koby is Marine that works for said world government, so he just doesn't know how to proceed.

Whenever they stumble upon each other they just stand there awkwardly and are like "...hi!" and the Straw Hats are just dumbfounded by the sight of a nervous Luffy.

[strawhatkiwi]

look do I believe luffy is aroace? yes. is this partially for all the no, he’s ace, I’m luffy jokes? no who told you that. maybe. but do I also ship kobylu like a mf ? …. yes…. yes I do fuck I love them

[princyvish]

uhhh the kobylu furries/minks designs in a screenshot redraw... with a side of helmeppo :]

original screenshot:

I think I took one look at the rocks I drew and went. Yeah I'm going to wing it because the rocks in my redraw are NOT accurate to the screenshot 😭😭

[zeravmeta]

we give garp a lot of (rightly deserved) shit but unironically like 90% of the criticisms towards him i see not only ignore the wider worldbuilding context of one piece but also don't acknowledge how sengoku is like the worst friend ever

[raconteur-wanpi]

Even as someone who's caught up with the manga, I just finished watching ep 1122 of the anime and oooh my god. Finally got to see one of my favorite chapters in all of Egghead get animated and I did tear up a bit. What a good episode.

Honesty Impact my beloved. Koby, Helmeppo and Garp continuously being one of my favorite little trio of characters in all of One Piece. The shots of Kuzan all frozen in his own ice, remembering Garp's "you leave the old man behind" lesson as he regrets his own victory. Christ. They did the chapter justice. Very good no notes.

Also this shot?

It's not from the original anime episodes, it's crealy new / redrawn, but they kept the original aspect ratio!!!! That's such a lovely artistic choice, to invoke the past of your own medium!!!! Incredible work from all the animators in this, the sakuga was delightful.

[dual-mayhem]

Sometimes everything can become so overwhelming. So remember to take a break and just agree that life is sht sometimes.

[redstarfish-art]

Me: *Watching LuZo become just that little bit more popular post-timeskip.* Me: *happy sobs* I'm no longer alone. Also me: Well LuZo used to be my OTP but then Law happened. Also also me: I wonder if Luffy and Koby will ever get their love story arc.

[onepiecebrained]

cropped quickie

earlier:

[hauntingblue]

Oh now the villagers know..... and arlong burned the town to punish her..... for some reason

[foundgirlpigeon]

Explaining one piece in the most horrible and useless way possible, I'll go first:

Fathers leaving their own kids and raising other kids to compensate for child abandonment guilt.

[stygianheart]

Koby: the Poetic Rizzmaster

Also Koby: the embarrassingly awkward teenager we all were when we were around our crush

Anyway chapter 5 will (hopefully) be posted on Sunday, just not at the asscrack of before dawn (aka 2 in the morning) and probably closer to the end of the day CST time.

[1pcii]

koby going from being absolutely terrified of Zoro because of his reputation -> being angry at the injustice he is facing and deciding to be better, trying to let him free despite still being wary of him but asking him to join Luffy so he can save both of them

is something that can be so personal tbh